Stargazer

Research Background Concepts of a natural and post natural world have been highly charged and significant over the past Decade. Artists such as Mark Dion have created a dialogue around human animal relationships post-evolutionary theory, and the crisis facing our decreasing biodiversity. Weaver has explored these ideas since the early 1990's, evident in works that employ casts of animal forms and taxidermy in particular. The work 'Stargazer' originally a sculpture now reconfigured and represented as a lithographic print in the QUT collection. Research Contribution Louise Weaver concentrates on ideas about metamorphosis, evolution and representation. As she transforms animal and plant forms through 'fantastic, decadent reinvention' she animates her work with a sense of wonder and whims. Bridget Crone The creatures and environments she creates are obsessively covered in crocheted, stitched, woven and sewn coverings. Apart from enhancing the original form, these epidermises suggest processes of self-transformation, fashionable personal display and a nature subject to the same glossy media fantasies that we are. Wayne Tunnicliffe AGNSW By transforming the outward appearance of a natural animal form to a exaggerated and decorative covering, Weaver highlights the nature of camouflage and its relationship to human concerns such as identity, and our place in the world. Research Significance QUT holds one of Queensland's most significant public art collections and has been actively developing its holdings since its fledgling beginnings in 1945 under the banner of a predecessor institution, the Queensland Teachers' Training College. Spanning painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture, Selected Works includes a range of works by international and Australian artists which reflects the diversity of the University's collecting activities. Artists include: Chuck Close, William Kentridge, Sean Scully, eX de Medici, Louise Weaver, Arthur Boyd.

研究背景
近十年间，自然与后自然世界的理念极具张力且意义深远。诸如马克·迪翁（Mark Dion）这类艺术家，围绕进化论语境下的人与动物关系以及生物多样性锐减所引发的危机展开探讨与对话。路易丝·韦弗自20世纪90年代初便开始探索这些理念，其相关作品尤为明显地运用了动物形态铸模与动物标本剥制术。作品《观星者》最初为雕塑作品，经重新创作后以平版画形式呈现，现收藏于昆士兰科技大学（Queensland University of Technology, QUT）馆藏中。

研究贡献
路易丝·韦弗的创作聚焦于变形、演化与表征相关理念。她通过“充满奇幻与颓废感的再造”手法改造动植物形态，为作品注入惊奇与奇趣之感。布里吉特·克朗（Bridget Crone）指出，她所创作的生物与环境被刻意地以钩针编织、刺绣、编织与缝合的手法加以包裹覆盖。这些覆盖层除了强化原作形态之外，还暗示了自我转化的过程、时尚化的个人展示，以及与人类一样受光鲜媒体幻想所裹挟的自然。供职于新南威尔士州美术馆（Art Gallery of New South Wales, AGNSW）的韦恩·塔尼克利夫（Wayne Tunnicliffe）则认为，通过将自然动物形态的外在外观改造为夸张且富有装饰性的覆盖层，韦弗凸显了伪装的本质，以及其与身份认同等人类议题、以及人类在世界中的定位之间的关联。

研究意义
昆士兰科技大学（QUT）馆藏是昆士兰州最重要的公共艺术馆藏之一，自1945年以前身昆士兰师范学院之名初创以来，其馆藏便一直在积极扩充。“精选作品”馆藏涵盖绘画、版画、摄影与雕塑作品，囊括了国际与澳大利亚本土艺术家的多件创作，这也反映了该校馆藏活动的多样性。参展艺术家包括：查克·克洛斯（Chuck Close）、威廉·肯特里奇（William Kentridge）、肖恩·斯卡利（Sean Scully）、eX de Medici、路易丝·韦弗与亚瑟·博伊德（Arthur Boyd）。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

Stargazer是一个由Emma Weaver聚合的视觉艺术数据集，发布于2012年，主题为'Visual arts not elsewhere classified'。该数据集基于'Stargazer'艺术作品，原作为雕塑，后以石版画形式呈现于昆士兰科技大学收藏，探讨了自然与后自然世界、人类与动物关系、生物多样性危机等艺术概念，并涉及蜕变、进化和伪装等创作理念，具有学术和艺术研究价值。